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Jorge Sosa had just graduated from eighth grade and decided to celebrate with friends by going to North Avenue beach Tuesday. “He got up and he went outside with his friends where he was playing," the 14-year-old boy's aunt said. “He came back inside and asked his father if he could go to the beach. It was a normal day. " Around 4:35 p.m., Jorge's friends rushed up to lifeguards and said they last saw him in the water but couldn't find him. The lifeguards formed a line and swept through the water, finally finding the boy and performing CPR until paramedics arrived.

A kayaker helped rescue a man who fell into the Chicago River this afternoon near the Loop. Police Marine Unit divers pulled the victim from the river about 2:45 p.m. at Clark Street and Wacker Drive, according to Fire Department spokesman Will Knight. The man, who was wearing business suit, a tie, nice shoes and a wedding ring was sitting on the Riverwalk reading with his glasses on near the Clark Street bridge when witnesses said he appeared to “roll into" the water, according to Police Marine Unit Sgt. Karl Hajdu.

Three out-of-state men accused of plotting to firebomb police stations and other political targets during last month's NATO summit in Chicago were indicted today. The suspects, dubbed the "NATO 3" by supporters, were arrested a few days before the May 20-21 summit during a raid on a Bridgeport apartment where they allegedly built four Molotov cocktails, authorities said. Last month, the men -- Brian Church, 20, and Brent Betterly, 24, both of Florida, and Jared Chase, 28, of New Hampshire -- became the first people to be charged under Illinois' anti-terrorism law, which passed amid a heightened fear of global terrorism after the Sept.

With homicides soaring so far this year and another bloody weekend in the books, Chicago police intend to announce at roll calls that overtime will be paid to officers working their days off beginning this weekend, according to a department-issued memo obtained by the Tribune. The communication from First Deputy Superintendent Alfonza Wysinger makes clear that the initiative is targeted at curbing the growing violence. It comes at a time when the city is struggling with budget woes.

A plan by the Illinois Department of Transportation to widen the Eisenhower Expressway through Oak Park and shift the ramps to the right lane drew objections from residents and village officials during a board meeting. About a dozen residents who spoke Monday night were adamant about IDOT exploring options that didn't change the highway from three to four lanes. A majority of speakers spoke in favor of upgrading and extending public transportation. Trustee Colette Lueck said the village's goals are at odds with IDOTs goals.

Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary has told jurors at Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial about seeing the former coach with a boy in a campus shower. It's the second time McQueary has testified publicly about his 2001 encounter in the Penn State football building. He also testified at a preliminary hearing for two Penn State administrators. McQueary says Sandusky was standing behind a boy who was propped up against a wall. He says the boy appeared to be about 10 to 12 years old. He says he closed a locker loudly "in an attempt to say 'someone's here, break it up. "' He says he then called his father.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder pledged under oath Tuesday that the Obama administration under no circumstances would seek to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the vacant Thomson prison in northwestern Illinois. Holder testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in answer a question from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Durbin said the state and federal government had agreed to a purchase price for the long vacant prison, but money appropriated to the Department of Justice needed to be reprogrammed for the sale to go through.

Philip Corboy, a nationally known personal injury attorney, died early this morning at his home in Chicago. He was 87. “Phil was a kind, compassionate and marvelous lawyer, and a wonderful husband," his wife, Mary Dempsey, said in a statement issued by the law firm. "I want him to be remembered as someone who cared about people he loved and people he represented.” Corboy, who co-founded the law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, had practiced personal injury trial law for more than 50 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commerce Secretary John Bryson, under investigation for his role in an alleged hit-and-run accident and another car crash over the weekend in California, will take an immediate medical leave of absence, his office said on Monday night. Bryson has advised President Barack Obama that he will step aside "so that I can focus all of my attention on resolving the health issues," according to a statement. A separate White House statement said that Bryson, who aides said suffered an apparent seizure on Saturday while driving near his Los Angeles-area home, will undergo medical tests and evaluations.

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced Monday night that Commerce Secretary John Bryson would take a medical leave of absence following an investigation in his role in two car crashes - including a hit-and-run accident - near his Los Angeles-area home. Department officials have linked the crashes to a seizure that left him unconscious behind the wheel. "Secretary Bryson informed the White House tonight that he will be taking a medical leave of absence from his position as Commerce Secretary as he undergoes tests and evaluations," said Carney in a statement sent to media Monday night. "The President's thoughts are with Secretary Bryson and his family during this time.